The name 'Big Five' comes from the times of the great white hunters, when these five animals were the most coveted trophies because they were the most difficult and dangerous to hunt on foot. Hunting was banned in Kenya in 1977 and has remained so ever since. But even today, the Big Five remain as the premium 'catches' for any traveller on safari. All of them can be found in Kenya's parks and reserves.
 

Lion

Leopard

Elephant

Rhino

Buffalo

Cheetah	Serval	Genet	Hyena	Jackal	Hippo
Warthog	Baboon	Vervet monkey	Sykes monkey	Giraffe	Zebra
Wildebeest	Coke's hartebeest	Topi	Oryx	Eland	Impala
Thomson's gazelle	Grant's gazelle	Bushbuck	Greater Kudu	Bongo	Waterbuck
Gerenuk	Dik-dik	Bohor reedbuck	Rock hyrax	Mongoose	Ground squirrel
Cape Hare	Greater galago

Ostrich	Greater flamingo	Lesser flamingo	Marabou	Saddle-billed stork	Crowned crane
Egyptian goose	Spur-winged goose	Goliath heron	Black-headed heron	Grey heron	Great white pelican
Little egret	Cattle egret	Squacco heron	Sacred ibis	Glossy ibis	Hamerkop
Black-headed plover	Blacksmith plover	Long-toed lapwing	African jacana	Grey-headed kingfisher	Striped kingfisher
Secretary bird	Martial eagle	Tawny eagle	African fish eagle	Bateleur	Augur buzzard
White-backed vulture	Rüppell's Griffon vulture	Lappet-faced vulture	Verreaux's eagle- owl	Lilac-breasted roller	White-fronted bee-eater
Red-and-yellow barbet	White-headed buffalo-weaver	Red-billed buffalo-weaver	White-browed sparrow-weaver	Golden palm weaver	White-bellied go-away-bird
Yellow-necked spurfowl	Jackson's francolin	Helmeted guineafowl	Vulturine guineafowl	Kori bustard	White-bellied bustard
Superb starling	Greater blue-eared starling	Common bulbul	Common drongo	Grey-backed fiscal	Northern anteater chat
Red-billed hornbill	Red-billed oxpecker	Red-eyed dove

Nile crocodile

Leopard tortoise

Agama lizard